In 2020, Eugene, Oregon, trail runner Emily Halnon did something faster than anyone’s ever done before. She broke the record for running the fastest known time of the Oregon Pacific Crest Trail, ...
A tour group from the Oregon California Trail Association annual convention waits on the side of the road after their bus breaks down north of Pendleton, Ore. on July 24, 2024. The Oregon Trail may ...
With shortcuts came risks, though. The infamous Donner-Reed party got a late start on their journey out west and was attempting to take one called the “Hastings Cutoff” when they got trapped in the ...
SCOTTSBLUFF, NE ‒ Johnny and Vicki Blevins stepped out of their pickup and gazed down at the thin ribbon of the old Oregon Trail below them. Over the course of several decades, beginning in the ...